Combined suspenders and stocking-supporter



(No Model.) S. E. STEVENS.

-GOMBINBD SUSPENDERS AND STOCKING SUPPORTE'R.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

SUSAN E. STEVENS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

COMBINED SUSPENDERS AND STOCKlNG-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,216, dated December20, 1887.

Application filed November 1, 1887. Serial No. 253,982. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SUSAN E. 'Srnvmvs'of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk, State of Massachusetts have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Combined Suspenders and Stocking-Supporters,of which thefollowing is a description suificiently full, clear, and exact to enableany person skilled in the art or science to which said inventionappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whiehFigures 1, 2, and 3 are rear, front, and side elevations, respectively,showing my improvement in use.

Like letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding parts inthe different figures of the drawings.

My invention relates to that class of stocking-supporters which areespecially adapted for use by persons engaged in athletic exen cises;and it consists in a novel construction and arrangement of parts, ashereinafter morefully set forth and claimed, the object being to producea more effective and otherwise desirable article of this character thanis now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understoodby all conversant with such matters from the following explanation.

In'the drawings, A represents the suspenders, and B the supporter,considered as entireties. The suspenders are of the ordinary form andconstruction, excepting that they are provided with an elastic stay orcrossbrace, 00, (see Fig. 1,) at the rear.

The supporter B consists of four straps,v 2, each of the straps 12 beingsecured at m to the front portion of one of the shoulder-straps t of thesuspenders as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The strapsz are each secured at pto the rear portion of one of the shoulder-straps t of the suspenders,as shown in Figs. land 3. The straps o z cross each other under the armof the wearer and are secured together at b. The lower ends of thestraps o z are provided with metallic rings 2', to which arerespectively secured elastic tapes is, their free ends h being foldedback and secured by buckles l, fastened to said tapes, thereby formingadjustable loops, to which are attached metallic catchesg, adapted tograsp and hold the top of the stocking.

, It will be seen that in use the strap 2 passes from the rear of thesuspenders A under the arm of the wearer, and its tape is across thefront of the thigh, its clasp 9 being secured to the top of the stockingat the inner side of the knee. The strap 1; passes from the front of thesuspenders under the arm of the wearer, and its tape 0 down over therear of the thigh,

its clasp 9 being attached to the top of the stocking at-the outer sideof the knee. By arranging the straps oz as described a continuous strainis exerted on the stocking,thus holding it in proper position while thewearer assumes any attitude desired.

By supplying the suspenders A with the stay 00 the straps tare preventedfrom becom- 7o ing separated or displaced by the strain exerted thereonby the supporter B.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is-- 1. In combinedsuspenders and stocking- 7 SUSAN E. STEVENS.

Witnesses:

O. M. SHAW, E. M. SPINNEY.

